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186.Rebecca Rowndie
186.麗貝卡·朗黛
Rebecca Rowndie was grossly overweight. Her friends were reluctant to take her out to dinner with them because she would not only finish her meal, but also vacuum up everyone else's, too. When she got so big that she had to buy a new wardrobe for the third time, she finally decided to register at an eating rehabilitation center. She rehearsed her lines and headed off.
麗貝卡·朗黛身材肥碩。她的朋友們都不愿意帶她一塊出去吃飯，因為每次她吃完自己的那份以，總是風卷殘云一般把其他人的東西一掃而光。當她第三次長胖，不得不買一個新衣櫥的時候，終于決定去一個體形復原中心登記。反復練習了幾次要說的話之后，她去了一趟復原中心。
The reigning nutritionist at the center was Nurse Rechette (as in retch it'). Nurse Rechette during her reign had helped many an obese woman lose weight. She put Rebecca on a strict regimen of beans. This regimentation was designed to regulate her eating, rehabilitate her eating habits, and rejuvenate her youth. One of the regulations of the center was that if the client didn't reach her goal, she would be reimbursed in full. So Nurse Rechette was relentless in her efforts to help Rebecca lose weight. She never relaxed in trying to get her to drop a few pounds for fear that relaxation would result in a relapse of bad eating habits and rekindle the desire to overeat a relaxed dieter could never lose weight. Nurse Rechette, therefore, relegated the duty of administering beans to the clients, reinforced good proper eating, and reiterated that the rejection of eating fatty foods was essential to success. In addition, to reject food that one loved was essential in building character.
中心起支配作用的營養家是護士麗切塔（她的名字暗含“嘔吐”之意）。在中心做首席營養師期間，護士麗切塔已經幫助很多肥胖女子成功減肥。她給麗貝卡定了一個嚴格的以豆類為主的養生法。這個飲食方面的嚴格控制計劃的目的是調節麗貝卡的飲食，修復她的飲食習慣，同時還能使她更年輕。中心有一條規定，如果顧客沒有達到預期目標，那么中心就必須償還顧客的所有款項。所以護士麗切塔非常努力，甚至是無情地幫助麗貝卡減肥。她從不放松一個使麗貝卡減肥的機會，因為她擔心一點松弛就會使不良飲食習慣復發，會重新點燃大吃一頓的欲望——一個悠閑的減肥者是永遠沒有辦法成功減肥的。因此，護士麗切塔把監督吃豆子的權力轉移給了顧客自己，加強培養他們的良好飲食習慣，并—再重申拒絕油膩食物是減肥成功的關鍵。另外，抵制自己喜歡的食物也是鍛煉性格的一種方式。
On occasion, as a part of the exercise regimen, Nurse Rechette would organize a relay race among the clients. As you know, a side effect of eating beans is gas. As the clients were running the relay race, there were squeaky little releases going on all around the track. Nurse Rechette attributed these releases to the healthy eating.
有時，作為整個減肥計劃的一部分，護土麗切塔會在顧客中組織一次接力賽跑。大家都知道，吃豆子有一個副作用，那就是容易放屁。所以在整個接力賽過程中，輕微的吱吱放屁聲順著跑道一直不斷。護士麗切塔認為放屁也是健康飲食習慣的一種表現。
Upon Rebecca's departure from the center, she had lost 200 lbs., nearly twice her new body weight. She thanked Nurse Rechette and went home a new woman.
當麗貝卡離開中心的時候，她減了20磅，這個重量幾乎是她現在體重的兩倍。她感謝護士麗切塔，以全新面貌回了家。
